United Autosports’ put their LMP2 car on pole for the Rolex 24. The feat marks his second pole position in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar series. Goldberg clocked a 1m38.676 lap to acheive in class pole. “This is our moment to stack up against each other…I’m super excited. I’ve been chasing this pole for all of the last year, and been a couple tenths off a bunch of times. That pole was elusive for me. So, this feels really good. I’ve been putting in a ton of work. It’s a long race ahead, but this is a great first notch.”
The LMP2 field features 12 entries but will also have to navigate the field of 61 cars to while all 4 classes GTP, LMPS, GTD Pro and GTD race simultaneously.
GTD Pro
In GTD Pro Mike Rockenfeller put his No. 64 Ford Mustang GT3 on pole for Ford Multimatic Motorsports. It was a good day for Ford as they qualified 1-2 in class. Ford set out to make their mark this year and made it over the first hurdle with this pole position finish. Rockenfeller admitted to the up hill battle they face this weekend. “It’s crazy competitive and I would say more competitive from last year for sure, so it’s going to be tough and we saw throughout the sessions, we are clearly good for one lap but we struggle a bit more over a stint with our tire (degradation), so that’s something I’m a bit worried about.”
GTD
The No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) snatch pole by a margin of 0.018s in the GTD class. The top of the class were within one second of the No. 120 car which speaks to how tight this class has gotten over the years. With margins that small its anyone’s race on. With 24 hours of race to go tire management and pit strategy will be the difference.